6-year-old boy floats away in balloon- Page 2

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 3:50pm

This is so upsetting! I hope he's ok.

[danmag]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 3:55pm

They were on Wife Swap.


*These parents sound like f*cking WACK JOBS.

Updated On: 10/15/09 at 03:55 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 3:58pm

"They were on Wife Swap."

That explains everything!

[I<3bway]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:01pm

I just watched the clip of the dad before E! entertainment took the clip down ( I don't know why. You would think it would help others in identifying how Falcon looks like.)

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:01pm

The kid's name is Falcon Heene.

Falcon???

[StockardFan]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:03pm

Yes, I saw that episode of Wife Swap (don't judge me!). The parents were wackos.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:06pm

I do hope this ends well.

[danmag]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:08pm

This is so strange...the family lives in a suburban neighborhood. If the boy HAD fallen out, wouldn't somebody have seen him by now??? This story just makes NO sense.

I so hope he's ok, poor little guy.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:16pm

I know dan! How does a boy go missing?

They know where the balloon tool off and it's trajectory so obviously they would have spotted him.
I'm guessing that he therefore never got in the balloon at all.

Is it possible they'll find him just wandering around?

[StockardFan]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:17pm

He might have fallen out after he was out of the neighborhood.

*sigh* I have to go shower. I hope when I am done they have found him safe and sound.....

[danmag]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:17pm

Maybe he let the balloon go, was scared he'd get in trouble and is hiding somewhere?? But I can't believe they wouldn't have found him by now....

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:19pm

AHA! CNN is now reporting that authorities don't believe he entered the balloon after all and he is hiding out. I thought so - and hoped so.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:22pm

If I had parent's like that I'd probably hide out too.

[jessica0414]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:27pm

Okay. If he was in the balloon and fell out this is a horribly tragic story, but since CNN is now saying that they don't think he was ever in it in the first place...it's a little funny that "The Situation Room" has spent the past couple of hours following a balloon. lol

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:32pm

Hope he's just hiding because he let the balloon go and is afraid his parents will be angry.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:35pm

This is exactly the kind of silly story that will tie up the news for WEEKS.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:39pm

I totally remember this family from Wife Swap. I especially remember what a jerk this father was. He was so rude, disrespectful and hateful to the other woman.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:46pm

They usually are, aren't they?

[Tom1071]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:49pm

Yes but I have to say he was one of the worst.

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:49pm

If he's hiding out, he's doing a pretty good job of it. I assume they've been looking for him all this time.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:54pm

Is anyone watching MSNBC? Did the parents just say that he could have only been in the missing box? So they knew the whole time that he wasn't in the balloon?

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:55pm

Good grief. Now CNN is reporting that there may have been some sort of a box attached to the balloon that did not stay attached for long. Could the boy have been in the box? Much speculation at this point.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 4:56pm

Here's the family on "Wife Swap."

Charming.
No p*ssified boys for the balloon family

[StockardFan]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 5:04pm

Yes, the father was a TOTAL a-hole on wife swap. Not only did he treat the visiting "wife" like crap, but he treated his own wife like crap if I'm remembering correctly.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 5:06pm

So was this some kind of publicity stunt?